Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement.

The Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000
(1) This Act may be called the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Layout-Design Act, 2000. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision.

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